Point Blank
Edgard Arenas Reyes By:Anthony Horowitz
Genre: Science fiction
Plot: Alex investigates dr. Grief

Personal experience
Alex rider is just like my friend, he likes spy stuff.
I've seen a tv show just like point blank. The movie was called spy kids.

Inference
I can infer that Alex is a headstrong person. When he is in fear or panics he never lets it get better than him.

Summary
Alex rider is in school, he see's a man selling drugs to his classmates. Alex then stalks him home. But suddenly is caught by the police when he uses a crane to lift a barge out of the water. He accidentally drops it in the police center.

Setting
The setting is in school on a mountain. It is important because it leads to him investigating 2 deaths. He realizes Dr. Grief (person running school) has a plan to take over the world by using the kids.

Fact in Fiction
(Stalking) Alex stalks a man to his house. In real life you can get charged says police in Utah. " Thomas Wade charged for stalking 3 woman.
Source:www.sltrib.com/news

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

• Alex Rider-Good guy; Secret agent;Student
• Dr. Grief- Bad guy; Cloning students;Principal

Vocabulary
"His suits were expensive but anonymous" (Ant. Known; Syn. Secret)
"His teachers had not been sympathetic". (Ant. Uncaring; Syn. Carring.)